Window-shade fixture



(No Model.)

P. M. WILKINSON.

WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

No. 519,979. Patented May 15, 1894.

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FRANCIS M. WVILKINSON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

WIN DOW-SHADE FIXTU SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No.519,979, dated May 15, 1894.

Application filed August 26, 1893. Serial No. 484,111- (No model.) A

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, FRANCIS M. WILKINSON, of Birmingham, in the county ofJefferson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Window-Shade Fixtures, of which the following is aspecification.

plicable to any length of roller or width of shade, since as a house isoccupied successively by difierent tenants the window frames aremutilated by the nails or screws used in putting up the ordinarybrackets, and as the shade rollers of difierent tenants are rarely ofthe same length, the nail holes previously made present a very unsightlyappearance. My invention is designed to providea per- I manent rollersupport which is put up once for all, and remains on the window frame,and is adjustable to receive any length of shade roller which may beused on such win dow.

It consists in a right angular bracket flat in cross section and havingits longer shank portion arranged parallel to the roller and inhorizontal position and provided with teeth or notches on one of itsedges, and its shorter section bent outwardly at right angles to theshank portion and provided with a bearing for the roller journals, incombination with a single staple or keeper arranged to straddle theshank portion obliquely and be driven into the window frame to sustainthe said shank portion in a horizontal position, as will be hereinaftermore fully described with reference to the drawings, in which-e Figure 1is a front elevation of a window frame and shade provided with myimproved shade roller support. Fig.2 is an enlarged front view of one ofthe supports; Fig. 3 a top or plan view of the same, and Fig. 4a detailview of a modified form of the keeper.

In the drawings A represents the window frame, B is a shade, and C theshade roller which at its ends is provided with the usual journals ortrunnions a a. The shade roller support at each end is exactly alike,except that to facilitate the insertion of the roller journals onebracket has a hole and the other a slot as usual. These brackets aremade of flat metal bent at right angles so that the part D in which thejournals rest, stands at right angles to the window frame, while theshank portion D lies fiat against the window frame in a horizontalposition and parallel with the roller. The lower edge of this shankportion is cut into a series of notches or teeth I) which constitutes atthe same time a means for adjusting and locking the bracket in position.These brackets are held in elongated staples or keepers E which aredriven into the window frame until the middle part of the staple is justclose enough to the window frame to allow the shank of the bracket toplay freely through the same. These staples are made wider than thetransverse dimensions of the shank of the bracket, so that the staplemay straddle the said shank of the bracket in an oblique position, andwhen in this position the bottom leg of the staple held the bracket isfirmly locked against longitudinal movement by the engagement of itsteeth with the lower leg of the staple, and yet if it is desired toadjust the brackets to a longer or shorter shade roller, this may bequickly and easily accomplished by simply turning the shank of thebracket at right angles to the staple as shown in dotted lines andslipping it farther in or out as the case may be, the teeth havingplenty of room to pass through when in this position, owing to the factthat the staple is wider than the transverse dimensions of the bracketshank.

As a modification of the staple, or in place of the same, a keeperconsisting of a fiat bar with two screws ornails maybe used, as shown inFig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A shade roller support consisting of a right angular bracket having along shank portion D with teeth or notches on one of its edges, tostraddle the same in a diagonal position to the said shank portion beingarranged parhold it horizontal substantially as and for 10 allel to theroller, and at the end of said shank the purpose described. portion ashort section D at right angles to 5 the shank portion provided with anopening FRANCIS N or bearing for the roller journal, and a stapleWitnesses:

or keeper E made wider than the transverse RUSSELL COTTINGHAM,

dimensions of the shank portion and adapted W. T. HILL.

